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LRC:The Week That Was What a week it was as Bislett and Prefontaine were simply amazing. We recap all the action across the globe and help put it all in perspective. The action was so amzaing it seems almost unbelievable - from a woman running 14:11, to a teenager running 1:42, to a Brit winning the Dream Mile, to the world champ in the men's 800 being totally ignored on the US tv broadcast. Plus we give everyone a history lesson about the incredible 1982 Dream Mile, where the American, Irish, and New Zealand national records were all set (and all stood for 25 years, video of the mile as well).

Olympic Trials:LetsRun.com:
Deena
Triumphs in Boisterous BostonIt was an incredible day on the streets in Boston.
The fans turned out in droves to cheer on America's finest and Magdalena
Lewy Boulet made it interesting by opening up nearly a 2
minutes lead
before Deena Kastor came from behind for the win.
We give you all the analysis, talk about Deena's strategy (no miles
over 5:25), and more (Joan
Benoit's final competitive marathon)*LetsRun.com! Boston Women's
Olympic Trials Photos
*4
Minute Highlight Video of Post Race Comments
(Deena, Magdalena, Blake
Russell and Joan Benoit all give their take)*Victor
Sailor Photoslink fixed. Photos rearragned. A few
captions added.
More coverage:*USAToday
article by Dick Patrick*Joan
Benoit Article in NY Times
*Olympic
Trials Coverage *Splits
for Every Mile Here
*LestRun.com Message Board Thread
Here
*Watch on Demand HereLetsRun.com
London
Men:Lel
Leads 3 Under 2:05:30!!!, Ryan Hall 2:06:17Ryan Hall
Goes Through Halfway on World Record Pace
The 2008 Flora London Marathon will be remembered for a long time. The
lead pack of 9 went through 5k at 14:21 (2:01 pace). They continued
together (yes, all 9) through halfway on world record pace (1:02:13).
Ryan Hall then went to the front soon after and asked the pacemakers to
go FASTER. Soon Hall was off the back, but he would catch the
leaders briefly again and go on to run 2:06:17. (Until Sunday, only 7
guys had ever run under 2:06:15, now 11 have.). Up front, it came down
to a 3-man battle over the final mile before Martin Lel
got his 3rd straight World Marathon Major win over the final quarter
mile as he led 6 guys under 2:07 and to $50,000 bonuses each.
Recap, photos, video aboveThis Guy Has
Totally Won Back Our RespectMaasai
Warriors Finish Marathon link fixed One of them
went back to the course and finished the race a day after being forced
to go the hospital after a ceremonial wrap cut off his circulation. He
said, "It was very important for me to do this. This is what I came to
England for."LetsRun.comRyan
Hall Reflects On his Incredible Run We tell you (and let you watch) what Ryan, his dad,
his grand-dad, his coach and even Martin Lel had
to say about Ryan. Lel was full of praise for the
American and shocked by Ryan's attempt to get the pacemakers to go even
faster. If Hall didn't already have your respect,
he does after reading this article as he pays homage to a throwback
type of guy - Steve Jones. Text and Video.LetsRun.com
Video: Ryan
Hall Talks About His 2:06:17 at the 2008 Flora London Marathon*More
LRC London Videos Here*Photo Gallery

A Brief Chat With Abdi Abdirahman - He doesn't call himself it but we will - the favorite for the 10k at the Trials after his 27:16 10k at Pre. Abdi talks about how he was headed to Hengelo until he lost his passport.

Angelo Taylor On Comeback Trail From individual Olympic Gold in 2000 to no contract and working as an electrician just a few years ago, the American is now shooting for gold in both the 400 and 400 hurdles.

ExxonMobile Bislett Games *Bislett Game Results14:11.15!!!!!! 1:42.69 for Kaki *PhotosTirunesh Dibaba's performance was simply amazing. Running in 78-80 weather she smashed the world 5000m record. She averaged 4:15 each 1500m and ran her last 1500 in 4:06-4:07. (Jen Rhines ran a 14:54 pb) In other action, in the much anticipated 800m matchup between teen sensations Abubaker Kaki and David Rudisha, Kaki was simple amazing. He led coming into the homestretch, then blew away the field the final 100m running 1:42.69, the first sub 1:43 clocking in 5 years and a junior world record as Rudisha ran a pr but lost for the first time in 12 races. . Pamela Jelimo showed 1:55s are easy for her as she clocked a 1:55.41, Samitova-Galkina ran a 9:14 steeple, and Andrew Baddeley went sub 3:50 to get the big upset in the mile that we're sure everyone in Britain will be writing about tomorrow. Jeremy Wariner ran 43.98, his first sub 44 clocking before the Trials. Despite our harping on his decision to switch coaches, he's running very well. (nonetheless, his lost may have cost him $200,000)*Tirunesh Dibaba: "‘I could have run faster"iaaf.org*Athlete Quotes from Bislett*Baddeley Breaks ThroughOn the boards: *Dibaba 14:11.15 WR!! -*Andrew Baddeley 3:49.38!!*Wariner 43.98 at Bislett

LetsRun.comBoston
08 LetsRun.com Party Photos The party hosted by Puma was a
smashing success. A packed house as those passionate
about running (from ages 5 to 65+) came to celebrate a great weekend in
Boston. LetsRun.com fans celebrated with Rojo, Wejo, Matt Taylor, and a
few legends in the sport, including former marathon world record holder
Steve Jones and Olympic Silver Medallist Sonia
O'Sullivan. The Harpoon beer was flowing,
DJ Inkognito kept things going and contrary to popular
opinion there was a healthy mix of males and females. The reviews were
excellent. "It's refreshing not to see the same 50
people (industry insiders) at a party." "Most favorable female to male
ration I've seen in a long time."

Good Read: Liu Xiang Has The Weight of the Country on his Shoulders Xiang is huge in China because he can compete at events thatChinese people usually don't excel at. There is a lot of racial identity tied up into his success. (Liu uses
the term "yellow tornado"). Here's what the Olympic coach said, "Chinese people are not as good as
Europeans and Americans (at track). You cannot easily find youngsters with
the right body shape." Times of London

Another Good Read: In Depth Report by ESPN.com U.S. Pro Sports Leagues Still Trail in Drug-Testing Arms Race We however are not full of praise like ESPN.com for the Olympic testing. If you have a great testing system in place but actually don't put the money into the system to be able to detect the drugs athletes are
using, does it really matter your system is so great?